Shane Greenstein is the Elinor and Wendell Hobbs Professor of Management and Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is a leading researcher in the business economics of computing, communications and Internet infrastructure. His research and writing focus on a variety of topics in this area, including the adoption of client-server systems, the growth of commercial Internet access networks, the industrial economics of platforms, and changes in communications policy. Over a eighteen year career he has written and edited five books, and published over ninety refereed journal articles, book chapters, monographs and invited reports. He has written over seventy articles for policy and business audiences. He is regularly quoted in national and local media. He has been a regular columnist and essayist for IEEE Micro since 1995, where he comments on the economics of microelectronics.

Greenstein was the Program Chair for the Telecommunication Policy Research Conference in 2000 and presently serves on the board of directors. He was co-chair with Victor Stango for the conference on Standards and Public Policy, held at the Chicago Federal Reserve Board in 2005. He is a participant in many national research organizations, including National Bureau of Economic Research and Conference on Research, Income and Wealth.

Greenstein is North American Editor for Information Economics and Policy, and Associate Editor for Economics Bulletin.. He also reviews for a wide assortment of major journals in economics and information science, and for a wide assortment of organizations, including the National Science Foundation, and National Academy of Science. At Northwestern University he is affiliated with the Center for the Study of Industrial Organization, the Searle Foundation, and the Institue for Policy Research. He was chair of the Management and Strategy Department from 2002 to 2005.
 
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